Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon basil chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lemon basil chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Lemon basil chicken is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have lemon basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon basil chicken:

1. Take chicken breasts, cut in half lengthwise to make 6 slim breasts
2. Get Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup)
3. Take Zest of one lemon
4. Take olive oil
5. Take minced garlic
6. Prepare chopped fresh basil
7. Get salt
8. Take pepper

Instructions to make Lemon basil chicken:

1. I like to cut my chicken breasts in half lengthwise, essentially making 2 breast out of one. I do this for several reasons. First, it allows for the flavor to soak in better. Second, it Cooks faster. Third, it Cooks more evenly.
2. Zest the lemon first.
3. Juice the lemon. If you don't quote have enough juice to make 1/4 cup, then you can add orange juice to even it out.
4. Mix all ingredients into a bowl.
5. Add chicken to bowl until completely covered.
6. Let sit for exactly 1 hour! This is very important. If it under marinates, you won't get the strong flavor. But also don't over marinate. The lemon juice is an acid and will break down the material on the chicken. 1 hour is perfect.
7. Grill for 8 minutes on medium high heat, flipping once half way through.

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